Australia's housing market has been identified as one of the most vulnerable in the world, with international bankers warning that rising interest rates could trigger a collapse in residential property prices. more

ONE.TEL FALLOUTASIC court move on $5m Rich switch
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is heading to the Supreme Court of NSW to allege that former One.Tel boss Jodee Rich attempted to defraud creditors in an assets shuffle with his wife. more

As any competitor in a wet T-shirt contest will tell you, it is important to have plenty of front, which is the principle in mind at Microsoft as it plots the purchase of Google, the world's most popular internet search engine. more

Odd Spot
A woman who hid behind her boyfriend's truck to surprise him has serious leg injuries after he
reversed over her. The 25-year-old woman, from Suben, Austria, phoned to say she was not coming to meet him and then hid to see if he was disappointed.
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